APPROACHING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of drawing spatially closer to something
   Synonym(s)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • coming (what does coming mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the hunter’’s approach scattered the geese
   Hypernyms(s) approaching is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • access (what does access mean?)
   • closing (what does closing mean?)
   • closure (what does closure mean?)
   • landing approach (what does landing approach mean?)
   • run-up (what does run-up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • come (what does come mean?)
   • come up (what does come up mean?)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • near (what does near mean?)
   • come on (what does come on mean?)
   • go up (what does go up mean?)
   • draw near (what does draw near mean?)
   • draw close (what does draw close mean?)
   • come near (what does come near mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
   Synonym(s)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • coming (what does coming mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the approach of winter
   Hypernyms(s) approaching is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • timing (what does timing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • come (what does come mean?)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • come near (what does come near mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the event of one object coming closer to another
   Synonym(s)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) approaching is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)
   • near (what does near mean?)
   • come on (what does come on mean?)
   • go up (what does go up mean?)
   • draw near (what does draw near mean?)
   • draw close (what does draw close mean?)
   • come near (what does come near mean?)

APPROACHING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of the relatively near future
   Synonym(s)
   • coming(a) (what does coming(a) mean?)
   • forthcoming (what does forthcoming mean?)
   • upcoming (what does upcoming mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the approaching election
   • this coming Thursday
   • the forthcoming holidays
   • the upcoming spring fashions
   Similar To
   • future (what does future mean?)